Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
A newsletter for faculty, staff and students
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May-June 2007• Vol. 34, No. 3

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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE

Notables
Grants
Articles Published
New Projects

HEADLINES

Class of 2007 the largest

180 graduate students 'walk' at General Commencement

William A. Sistrunk, 1919-2007

Students to help start school farm in Belize

Online journal posted during study tour of Italy

Rooster art collection dedicated

Rice Processing Alliance reviews research

Arkansas team wins regional food science college bowl

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Academy inducts three

Food Protection Workshop features security expert


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Online journal posted during study tour of Italy

Students and faculty members in the AFLS 3313-Honors Global Issues class kept an online journal on the Bumpers College Global Studies Web site during a study tour of Italy May 15-27.

This class is a part of the interdisciplinary Global Studies program of Bumpers College and is required for the minor degree. This spring, the class had students from Environmental Science, Agri Business, Crops Science, Apparel Studies, Foods, Nutrition and Hospitality Management, Family Studies, Poultry Science, Animal Science and Art.

During the semester, the students had a focused study of Italy. They gave presentations on the demographics and economy, geography, food and customs, art history, agriculture production and trade. They also gave presentations on their individual semester-long independent research projects that were continued during the trip. During the study tour, students did independent research on their semester project.

The students were Grant Ballard, Allison Cantrell, Regina Finley, Amy Gabbard, Scott Grant, Cristina Gregory, Keshia Koehn, Vicki Mansker, Angela Medley, Mark Morgan, Julianne Nabb, Brittany Peyrot, Jennifer Schneider. The instructor for the course is Curt R. Rom, HORT. Raymond Barclay is the director of the AFLS Global Studies Program and Duane Wolf, CSES, is the Director of the AFLS Honors Program.

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